{"id":118,"date":"2018-06-25T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T15:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2023-05-09T19:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:48:05","slug":"alexander","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: Racial terms and images were used as theater entertainment in days gone by. The Sheet Music Singer does not condone discrimination or hatred for anybody. This song is presented in its original form as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a popular song from 1904<br>words by Andrew B. Sterling<br>music by Harry Von Tilzer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name Alexander was thought to be sophisticated and seemed out of place in vaudeville and minstrel show acts. For this reason it seemed funny to the audience. Other songs used the name, too: Alexander and His Clarinet (1910) and Alexander&#8217;s Ragtime Band (1911).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alexander.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Alexander - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-80c943e0-269a-4d76-9155-7ed18c1cd00b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alexander.pdf\">Alexander &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alexander.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-80c943e0-269a-4d76-9155-7ed18c1cd00b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-02c246e7-b65d-4a00-b334-5541d38e58ea\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alexander.mid\">Alexander &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alexander.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-02c246e7-b65d-4a00-b334-5541d38e58ea\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Look here, Alexander, I was only fooling<br>When I said another coon my heart was ruling<br>All the day I think of no one else but you<br>Honest, Alexander, won&#8217;t you please believe me?<br>It would break my heart in two, if you should leave me<br>Won&#8217;t you take me back, babe, and I&#8217;ll always be true<br>Never let another man make eyes at me<br>I&#8217;ll be just as sweet as any gal can be<br>You can be the &#8220;Boss&#8221;, I&#8217;ll let you have your way<br>Alexander, won&#8217;t you let me stay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Can&#8217;t you see the rain and hail am fastly falling, Alexander<br>Don&#8217;t you hear your lady love a-softly calling, Alexander<br>Take me to your heart again and call me honey<br>All I want is lovin&#8217;, I don&#8217;t want your money<br>Alexander, tell me don&#8217;t you love your baby no more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Look here, Alexander, say that you remember<br>You ain&#8217;t done a stroke of work since last December<br>Who went out a-washin&#8217;, worked all day for you<br>Listen, Alexander, you were keepin&#8217; cases<br>While I took in scrubbin&#8217;, you just played the races<br>Say, if that ain\u2019t love, babe, no gal ever loved true<br>I don\u2019t want to talk about the things I\u2019ve done<br>I just want to say that you\u2019re ma only one<br>I\u2019ll put up a washin\u2019 sign outside the door<br>Alexander, take me back once more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Alexander-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: Racial terms and images were used as theater entertainment in days gone by. The Sheet Music Singer does not condone discrimination or hatred for anybody. This song is presented in its original form as part of music history.] a popular song from 1904words by Andrew B. Sterlingmusic by Harry Von Tilzer The name Alexander &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/alexander\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alexander&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3650,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/3650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}